- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
DEVON KO CUP
YOU don’t score 309 for two in a 40-over game and lose very often – yet that’s exactly what happened to Bradninch in the Devon Cup game against Plympton.
In a truly remarkable game of cricket, Brad Cachopa top scored with 192 for Bradninch, who must have thought they had done enough with 309 on the board.
James Street made 27 and Sean Nowak made 62 in a stand of 169 unbroken with Cachopa for the third wicket.
When Plympton were 213 for no wicket with 13 overs to go, Bradninch already had an inkling the game may get away from them.
It did after a the tightest finish imaginable!
Plympton openers Duncan Hefford (125no) and Dan Rowbotham (115) were finally parted when Phil Chappell bowled Rowbotham, who only faced 77 balls.
David Wrench was in and out for 10 – he was stumped off the bowling of Will Squire – then Imran Ali Pasha (18) helped Hefford get the score up to 267 for three.
Nowak got Imran out then Ryan Skinenr was run-out backing up at 292 for four.
Josh Mailling arrived in the middle with 18 needed from19 balls, which became 13 off the last two overs and seven from Nowak’s final set.
Hefford levelled it with a boundary and nailed the winning run with a ball to spare.
The 300-barrier has been broken a time or two in the past. As for Cachopa’s 192 it us up there with the best but not a new record.
The highest individual score in the competition was the 239 made by Buckfastleigh’s Paul Duffett against Plymouth in the 1995 season.
Meanwhile, there has been a change of captain in the 2nd XI at Plympton following the resignation of Dan Vince.
Former 1st XI skipper Lee Mundell has take over as captain having been prodded out of retirement.
Mundell – a larger than life figure – called it a day at the end of the 2008 season to concentrate on his golf swing. Vince will continue as a player.